The Buntline Special: The Colt shooter’s holy or false grail?
There’s a good chance that if you have heard of a gunslinger Wyatt Earp, you have also heard of his famous long-barreled Colt Single Action Army. According to the scrolls, this huge revolver was ordered by pulp fiction writer Ned Buntline specifically for lawman and pistoleros of the Old West era to help get them through rough spots. The thing about this legend is Buntline probably never had anything to do with these revolvers (that now bear his name) and Wyatt Earp may not have ever carried one. Nevertheless, that doesn’t keep them from being possibly the most expensive and collectable revolvers in the world!
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